Archive for January, 2012
A Twentieth Century Fox: Shady Groove Podcast #49
This week’s podcast included these fine audio tracks:
The Deep Dark Woods – Sugar Mama ++ Cedric Burnside Project – The World Don’t Owe You Nothing ++ Robert Earl Keen – I Gotta Go ++ The Kinks – Victoria ++ Wilco – I Love My Label ++ Michael Kiwanuka – I Need Your Company ++ Bill Withers – Ain’t No Sunshine ++ Jacob Miller & Inner Circle – Here I Am (Come And Take Me) ++ Jimi Hendrix – Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) ++ Guster – Barrel of a Gun ++ Ben Folds Five – Battle Of Who Could Care Less ++ Phish – Undermind ++ Dan Reeder – Shackles and Chains ++ The Doors – Twentieth Century Fox ++ Dawes – Strangers Getting Stranger ++ The Gourds – County Orange
A Car-Themed Podcast
Cars, trucks, buses. They’ve been around since the early 19th century and have historically been super-prevalent in everyday life. The connection between the automobile and music probably stems from the feeling of freedom brought on by the driving of a car. Freedom = rebellion, which is what the early songs that mention cars are about. Big engines, driving fast, making out in the backseat; these were some of the themes of songs. Anyway, regardless of why people started singing songs about cars, there is no question that the link is there. Today’s podcast takes a look at that link. Enjoy.
This week’s podcast was comprised of these exhaust-drenched tracks:
Chuck Berry – No Particular Place to Go ++ Derek Trucks Band – Chevrolet ++ Wilson Pickett ++ The Beatles – Drive My Car ++ Cake – Stickshifts and Safetybelts ++ Duane Allman – No Money Down ++ Bob Dylan – From a Buick 6 ++ The Gourds – Fine Leather Truck ++ Janis Joplin – Mercedez Benz ++ The Beach Boys – 409 ++ Wilco – Bull Black Nova ++ The Clash – Brand New Cadillac ++ Bo Diddley – Cadillac ++ War – Low Rider ++ Elizabeth Cook – El Camino ++ Old 97’s – Bel Air ++ The Gaslight Anthem – Old White Lincoln ++ The Gourds – Get Your Kicks On Route 66
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Subterranean Shady Groove Blues: Podcast #47
This weeks podcast included these playfully freewheeling tracks:
Wilco – Born Alone ++ Son Volt – Jukebox of Steel ++ Uncle Tupelo – New Madrid ++ Otis Redding – That’s How Strong My Love Is ++ Hall & Oates – The Black Keys – Run Right Back ++ Hayes Carll – She Left Me For Jesus ++ Mason Porter – Old Freight Train – Bob Marley & The Wailers – Stop That Train ++ Grateful Dead – Peggy-O ++ Bob Dylan – Subterranean Homesick Blues ++ The Benevento/Russo Duo – Powder ++ Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Powderfinger ++ The Gourds – Web Before You Walk Into It
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On The Cover Of The Shady Groove: Podcast #46
Hello, 2012. Hello brand NEW Shady Groove Podcasts!
This weeks podcast comprised of these 14 wonderfully pleasing tracks:
Harry Nilsson – Turn On Your Radio ++ Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show – Cover Of The Rolling Stone ++ The Rolling Stones – Loving Cup ++ Muddy Waters – Rollin’ Stone ++ Jimi Hendrix – Like A Rolling Stone (Live) ++ Blitzen Trapper – My Home Town ++ Blind Melon – Change ++ Willie Nelson & Norah Jones – Baby, It’s Cold Outside ++ Those Darlins – Snaggle Tooth Mama ++ The Band – It Makes No Difference ++ Dawes – When You Call My Name ++ Cake – Mahna Mahna ++ The Allman Brothers Band – Seven Turns ++ Dusty Slozenger/Clocker Redbury – The Nipple Form
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Top Live Shows of 2011
Welcome 2012! For the last of Shady Groove’s Year in Review, I bring to you the top live shows of the past year.
Top 11 Live Shows 0f 2011
11. Joe Pug (Johnny Brenda’s) – Johnny Brenda’s is prob my favorite small venue to see a show in philly. Joe Pug sounds like an early Dylan, honing his craft.
10. Ziggy Marley (The Keswick Theatre) – crowd was great, dancing and singing. Praise to the Most be High. JAH! Rastafari.
9. Doc Watson (The Keswick Theatre) – epic. Legendary. He’s blind, he’s nearly 90. Amazing.
8. Hoots and Hellmouth (Yards) – Barn Stomping, hell raising folkies from Philly put on a rollickin show at Yards. All were dancing and singing. The band also brings wooden boards to stomp on. For real.
7. Hayes Carll (WCL) – Rockin band, great lyrics. They didn’t put the tables on the floor downstairs. That means the floor was open for dancing!
6. Mason Porter (WCL upstairs) – Mason Porter is prob my favorite local Philly band. Their old school folk and rock influences blend to create a magnificent union. Must see.
5. Cake (The Keswick Theatre)– Epic. Crowd. Involvement. Totally awesome. John McCrea can control a crowd, at one point screaming “I’ll Stand here all Fucking Night!!”
4. Carolina Chocolate Drops (TLA)– Wow. One of the best live folk experiences.
3. My Morning Jacket (The Mann Center) – Great new album. Heard big things about their live show. Did not disappoint. Jim James is a bona fide rock star. Endless hooks, ambient jams. Transcendental light show (see below)
2. The Gourds (The Saint, Asbury Park NJ)– High energy. Rejuvenated with some new material. Fresh off of their brand new album, Old Mad Joy, recorded up in Woodstock, NY at ‘The Barn’ at Levon Helm’s Studios.
1. David Wax Museum (Johnny Brenda’s)– Well put together group of musicians. Something totally different from your run of the mill folk/indie group. They also play significantly under-known instruments, Donkey Jaw bone being one of them.
Honorable Mention:
Taj Mahal (The Keswick Theatre), Levon Helm Band (Philly Folk Fest), Trombone Shorty (Philly Folk Fest), The Wood Brothers (Philly Folk Fest), The Ebony Hillbillies (Chestnut Hill), Just The Tip (Half Moon Booze Cruise), The Low Anthem (WCL)